This initiative highlights the importance of coordinated, community-based approaches to supporting families and preventing child welfare involvement. TANF programs can use this model to strengthen cross-system partnerships and align services across child welfare, community organizations, and other supports. By leveraging collaborative approaches, TANF agencies can expand access to prevention-focused services that promote stability, safety, and family well-being.

This resource page from the Mississippi Department of Child Protection Services highlights state-level prevention strategies, including in-home family support and kinship navigator programs. TANF programs can use these models to expand prevention-focused services and strengthen partnerships with child welfare and community organizations. These approaches demonstrate how coordinated, family-centered strategies can reduce risk factors and support child safety while keeping families together.

This Centers for Disease Control and Prevention resource provides evidence-based strategies and tools to help prevent child abuse and neglect, including the Prevention Resource for Action. The resource highlights practical approaches that strengthen families, reduce risk factors, and promote safe, stable environments for children.

For TANF programs, these strategies align with efforts to support families through economic assistance and work-focused services that help reduce stressors impacting caregiving. Programs can use this resource to inform service delivery, strengthen coordination with public health, child welfare, and community partners, and reinforce approaches that support family stability and continuity.

This resource from the Children’s Safety Network highlights data, strategies, and cross-sector approaches to preventing child abuse and neglect. It offers practical insight into how coordinated efforts across systems can better support families and reduce risk factors early.

TANF programs can use this guide to strengthen prevention-focused services by aligning with child welfare, public health, and community partners. By using data and evidence-informed strategies, programs can improve coordination, target supports more effectively, and reinforce stable, family-based environments.

The American Public Human Services Association will host a webinar on May 7, 2026 at 2:00 p.m. to explore how childcare systems and TANF programs can better align in a shifting policy and operational environment. TANF programs can use these insights to strengthen partnerships with childcare administrators, improve access to subsidized care, and better support work participation and family stability.

The U.S. Citizen and Immigration Services hosted a webinar on April 16, 2026 at 1:00 p.m. ET. They provided an overview of the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) process as well as highlighted SAVE’s Case Management, Agency Management and User Management features.

CareerOneStop’s Skills Matcher is an online tool that helps individuals identify their skills and connect them to potential career pathways. TANF programs can use this resource to support participants in identifying strengths and exploring employment opportunities that lead to self-sufficiency.

Credential Finder is a tool that helps individuals explore certifications and training programs that align with career goals and labor market needs. TANF programs can use this resource to support participants in advancing their education and improving long-term employment outcomes.

A resource from the Grandfamilies & Kinship Support Network highlights how agencies are prioritizing placement with relatives or trusted caregivers when children cannot remain with their parents. These approaches help maintain family connections, reduce disruptions, and support more stable caregiving arrangements.

TANF programs can support this work by reinforcing care in the home or with relatives, including efforts that help stabilize caregiving arrangements, reduce placement changes, and support caregivers in meeting the day-to-day needs of children. This may also include coordinating with partner systems and aligning services to strengthen family-based care and promote continuity.

The American Public Human Services Association will host a webinar on April 29, 2026 at 1:00 p.m. ET to discuss consent-based income verification and highlight strategies that improve program efficiency while strengthening trust with participants. TANF programs can use these approaches to streamline eligibility processes, reduce administrative burden, and enhance the overall customer experience while maintaining program integrity.